CORONATION Street’s Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald, landlord of The Rovers Return, went fishing on his Lake Windermere boat with the help of Southport pike specialist Gordon Burton in search of Windermere’s large pike.

CORONATION Street’s Simon Gregson, who plays Steve McDonald, landlord of The Rovers Return, went fishing on his Lake Windermere boat with the help of Southport pike specialist Gordon Burton in search of Windermere’s large pike.

He wasn’t disappointed when he hooked a real rod-bender. Steve and Gordon enjoyed a great day out hunting the lake’s predators.

Fishing this week has been hard due to the rain and winds but anglers have still braved the weather and reported some good catches. Hurlston Hall near Ormskirk is producing very large tench to 8lb on sweetcorn and pellet. Good roach catches to caster and maggot.

Drumesdale Fisheries very good on method feeder with plenty of carp around 8 to 10lb and odd large double best baits are pellet, boilies and sweetcorn.

White Rails Fishery near Ormskirk is good for carp and is on £4 per day to fish. Fish to 14lb reported on bread and pellet.

Rosemary Wood at Haskayne in terrific form on both lakes.

Island Pool is especially good with catches over 50lb plentiful. Best bait is sweetcorn and pellet.

Mere Lane Fishery well worth a day out. Park at side of lake. Good carp and tench on partical baits and paste.

Bannister House Farm very good match reports. Pellet and paste best baits but you can catch on most baits. Good variety of fish in all lakes. Night fishing allowed.

Southport Leisure Lakes holds some monster carp and might fishing is best for fish over 20lb on pop up boilies. Plenty of perch and roach on maggot on pole, waggler, feeder.

Sephton Farm solid with bream and golden orfe. Good carp being caught, lots of doubles on meat, pellet and corn.

Firswood Fisheries at Skelmersdale had their £1,000 final and what good catches were weight in. Carp and tench made up most weights to pellet and paste. Top angler who received £500 was Billy Smith who fished peg 1.